Business Information Systems
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Business Information Systems explores the integration of information technology with business processes to enhance organizational efficiency and decision-making. The course covers fundamental concepts such as system development, database management, enterprise resource planning, and the strategic use of information systems in various business functions. Students will examine how businesses leverage technology to optimize operations, improve communication, support management, and gain a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Case studies and practical examples provide insight into current trends and challenges in the field, preparing students to analyze, design, and manage effective business information systems.
Recommended Textbook Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design 6th Edition by Joseph Valacich
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Chapter 1: The Systems Development Environment
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Q1) The extent to which subsystems depend on each other is called:
A) cohesion.
B) coupling.
C) inheritance.
D) morphism.
E) dependence.
Answer: B
Q2) Software designed to support the payroll function would best be classified as:
A) application software.
B) system software.
C) design software.
D) analysis software.
E) a decision support system.
Answer: A
Q3) Techniques generally only provide support for one task.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Sources of Software
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Q1) What are the three basic steps involved in software reuse?
Answer: There are three basic steps: abstraction, storage and recontextualizaton. Abstraction involves the design of software, whether it be reused or something from scratch. When software assets are developed or acquired, they must be made available to others. This is storage. Once an asset has been found, then recontextualization is done in order to make the asset more understandable to the developers who will need to use the software.
Q2) As a company gains more experience with reuse, the firm gains more benefits. However, the firm also has to take into account:
A) that cost will grow as well.
B) that there will be a need for less staff.
C) that the defect rate will increase.
D) that the software may need to be completely rewritten.
E) its business processes.
Answer: A
Q3) Open-source software is developed by employees of a particular company.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Managing the Information Systems Project
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Q1) Changes to the baseline project plan might be motivated by:
A) a slipped completion date of an activity.
B) a bungled activity that must be redone.
C) the identification of a new activity that becomes evident later in the project.
D) an unforeseen change in personnel due to sickness, resignation, or termination.
E) all of the above.
Answer: E
Q2) Which of the following is True regarding Gantt chart construction?
A) Squares are used to represent activities.
B) To construct the Gantt chart, a horizontal bar is drawn for each activity that reflects its sequence and duration.
C) To show precedence relationships, arrows are used to connect the nodes.
D) Arrows are used to reflect the sequence of activities.
E) Ellipses are used to represent activities.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Systems Planning and Selection
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Q1) Fulfillment feasibility is the process of examining the likelihood that the project will attain its desired objectives.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following possible project sources most often reflects the broader needs of the organization?
A) User department
B) Development group
C) IS manager
D) Top management
E) Production manager
Q3) A schedule of specific IS development projects is the primary deliverable from the project identification and selection phase.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A walkthrough is a peer group review of any product created during the systems development process.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Determining System Requirements
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Q1) When reviewing job procedures, you may find:
A) data definition conflicts.
B) duplicate CEOs.
C) data manipulation conflicts.
D) a contradiction between a formal procedure and interview or observation results.
E) competitors mission statements.
Q2) A written work procedure:
A) indicates the job an analyst will need to perform on a given project.
B) describes how a particular job or task is performed.
C) indicates what data flow in or out of a system and which are necessary for the system to function.
D) enables you to work backwards from the information on a report to the data that must have been necessary to generate it.
E) determines if the information makes sense for the organization from an economic and operational standpoint.
Q3) Neutrality is a guideline for effective interviewing.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Structuring System Requirements: Process
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Q1) A data flow represents data in motion, moving from one place in the system to another.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The extent to which information contained on one level of a set of nested data-flow diagrams is also included on other levels refers to:
A) DFD consistency.
B) DFD completeness.
C) DFD gap proofing.
D) DFD flexibility.
E) DFD cohesion.
Q3) A computer-based file containing employee information would be represented on a data-flow diagram as a(n):
A) data flow.
B) source.
C) data store.
D) process.
E) action stub.
Q4) Discuss the guidelines for drawing a DFD.
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Chapter 7: Structuring System Requirements: Conceptual
Data
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Q1) Conceptual data modeling for an Internet-based electronic commerce application differs significantly from the process followed when analyzing the data needs for other types of applications.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A multivalued attribute is an attribute that may take on more than one value for each entity instance.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The minimum requirements for the new system are called:
A) essential features.
B) desired features.
C) minimum features.
D) mandatory features.
E) designated features.
Q4) A repeating group is a set of two or more multivalued attributes that are logically related.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss unary, binary, and ternary relationships.
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Chapter 8: Designing the Human Interface
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Q1) Entering invalid data into a field describes:
A) transposing.
B) transcripting.
C) appending.
D) truncating.
E) hashing.
Q2) Generally speaking, highlighting methods appear the same on all output devices.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When structuring data entry fields, always have the user enter the current date.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When designing the navigation procedures within your system, the primary concerns are:
A) the design of between-field navigation and the ability to provide feedback.
B) grouping data fields into logical categories and assigning group labels.
C) consistency.
D) formatting and meaningful labels.
E) spacing and color differences.
Q5) Briefly discuss the SOS guidelines.
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Chapter 9: Designing Databases
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Q1) At the end of eXtreme Programming's coding phase, all code written to that point is tested.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The network database model is a popular database technology for new information systems.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Showing the static structure of an object-oriented model: the object classes, their internal structure, and the relationships in which they participate is the purpose of a:
A) class diagram.
B) sequence diagram.
C) use-case diagram.
D) collaboration diagram.
E) component diagram.
Q4) The primary deliverable from logical database design is a conceptual model.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify the five properties of a relation.
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Chapter 10: Systems Implementation and Operation
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Q1) Installation is the organizational process of changing over from the current information system to a new one.
A)True B)False
Q2) The implementation and operation phase of the systems development life cycle is the most expensive and time-consuming phase of the entire life cycle.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Tests performed during alpha testing that are designed to try to break the system are:
A) stress tests.
B) performance tests.
C) recovery tests.
D) security tests.
E) stub tests.
Q4) Define system documentation, user documentation, internal documentation, and external documentation.
Q5) Identify four types of maintenance.
Q6) Identify four types of installation.
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